We honor Women’s History Month with a virtual reenactment of beloved play, “Ka Lei Maile Aliʻi – The Queen’s Women” written by Helen Edyth “Didi” Malie Lincoln Lee Kwai...
Hawai'i Council for the Humanities
Hawaiʻi Council for the Humanities’ programming included three intertwining strands of robust civic engagement: deep-dive discussions, the power of youth, and the benefits of culture and creativity. They partnered with the King Kamehameha V Judiciary History Center, Chaminade University, the Civic Education Council, and Kāhuli Leo Leʻa to host four virtual discussion events exploring various aspects of civic life in Hawaiʻi, an educator workshop on women’s suffrage, five videos focusing on diverse young leaders analyzing power and making positive community contributions leading to a Youth Summit event, five videos featuring musicians connecting civic engagement and aloha ʻāina, and nine poetry workshops considering questions of history, identity, privilege, oppression, resilience, and kuleana.
To Holeka Goro Inaba, civic engagement and aloha ʻāina go hand in hand. Through mele, he derives his kuleana as a leader for his community and ʻāina.
Eugene Tunac Marquez bridges Hawaiian music and his Ilokano roots as a celebration of Hawaiʻi––an enduring community of people and ʻāina.
A native of Pohnpei, Carol Ann Carl reflects on the importance of connection––within our community, on ʻāina, and beyond horizons of new beginnings.
This video features an emerging grassroots organization, Pasifika Empowerment And Community Engagement (PEACE) founded by young Micronesians to address housing inequity...
